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Steam iron

Granted 25 Jun 2002 · no office action yet

Current assignee: General Electric · originally Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

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Inventors: Cyan Godfrey, Mike Page, Augusto A. Picozza · Examiner: Alan P. Douglas · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application

29/148,570

filed 20 Sep 2001

Publication

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US D459562

granted 25 Jun 2002

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view…

FIG. 1 is a left side elevation view showing the new design and being a mirror image of the right side elevation view;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 6 is a front perspective view thereof.

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Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1

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›1.independentThe ornamental design for a steam iron, as shown and described.

Classifications

2 codes

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/DRW

USPC · US Patent Classification

D32/70

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Examiner

Alan P. Douglas

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
USthis patent	US-D459562-S	S1	25 Jun 2002	20 Sep 2001	granted	Steam iron

›Other offices — 1 members

Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
CA	CA-98893-S	S	14 Jan 2003	13 Mar 2002	granted	Steam iron

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